These historic tours offer an unrivalled chance to see and experience for yourself merry olde Tudor Fantastic escorted historical tours of Tudor England.
Small groups are given a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience the Tudor period with the charismatic Steve Murphy. Visit palaces, castles and places not usually seen on the tourist trail to relive the intriguing lives of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn and many more. Stay in charming and historical hotels and even eat a Tudor banquet! Range of tours available or we can design a tour just for you.
Day 9 Sudeley castle Richard III owned it got 15 years as Duke of Gloucestershire and king. It is here that we find Eleanor Botteler who married Edward VI in secret and this was the reason that Richard declared the marriage of Edward and Cecily Neville illegal this declaring the two princes as illegitimate. Neal the peacock lives!
Day 8 the battle of Tewkesbury re enactment. The whole town takes part with nearly all the shops in the town proudly displaying a banner of one of the men at the battle.
The abbey still does not allow weapons inside. 2000 enacyors staged the battle with a little showmanship from Margaret of Anjou. There was gunfire, mortal combat, archery volleys, all the elements of the real thing. We walked around the encampments talking to the protagonists before the fight. All in all a terrific medieval experience.
Day 7 and we are at Ludlow in the Welsh marches. The judicial capital of the marches where prince Arthur was sent to learn kingship but sadly he died aged 15. Before that Cecily Neville was here . She was left alone with her two youngest sons when her husband father and eldest son left her to the mercy if king Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou. We had a wonderful walking tour if the town and castle
On to Warwick castle where Edward IV was held prisoner and where Anne Neville was born. We saw a spectacular joust the Wars of the Roses in 40 minutes, great kill and showmanship by the knights and m
Margaret of Anjou
Day 6 of our journey we see kenilworth castle. The history of England in one place
It was here that Henry XI and margeret of Anjou rested whilst Henry XI had a prolonged catatonic episode
Henry V was here when he received and insulting gift of tennis balls from the French prince In march 1415
The backfired on him when in October of 1415 HenryvV win a decisive victory at the battle of Agincourt
On to Bosworth battle field where the Plantagenet dynasty ended and the Tudor age began
Day 4 Richard IIi day in Leicester where his body was found in a car park after 440 years. The visitor centre is brilliant with details of the battle and the forensic detail of how he was found and the identicatio of the remains.
Day 4
Today was Berkhamsted castle where Cecily Neville lived out the last 26 years of her life
Grafton Regis where Elizabeth Woodville was borne and secretly married Edward IV
Finally Fortheringhay where Richard III was borne and where MarybQueen of Scot’s was executed. It’s not much to look at now but in the 1550’s it was a significant place to be. The pulpit in the church was ad built for Edward VI . The church is where Cecily Neville is laid to rest.
Day 3 St Albans First battle 1455 second battle 1461. There’s not much left of the town from 1455 but we did get to hear the actual town clock tower bell that rung to announce the Yorkist were attacking the town on that fateful morning of 22 May 1455 at the first battle. A real moment of history.
Day 2 the Tower of London is steeped in the nation’s history for nearly a thousand years. This is where the bones of two young boys were found at the bottom of a staircase in 1674 are they the bones of the two princes who disappeared in 1483? We may never know.
Henry VI was found dead in the little chapel of the medieval palace. He died the very same day that Margaret of Anjou was paraded into London as captive in May 1471 after the Lancastrian defeat at the battle of Tewkesbury
Day 2 of Wars of the Roses tour
Eltham palace. The great hall which still stands today was built by Edward IV
In 1479. It was the second largest space in medieval England only the great hall of Westminster was bigger. We were treated to to live music , the acoustics are superb, it sent us back over 500 years when kings lived here
Day one ends with seeing Shakespeare’s Richard III a huge piece of forward planning on my part ( but it could be just a fluke
Day one at the National portrait Galley to see a magnificent new exhibition of the six wives of Henry VIII. I k ow not wars of the roses but we are too close up miss this. Many extra little items are on display on loan from other collections
Day 1 of our 10 day Wars of the Roses tour
Westminster Abbey , the nation’s parish church. Here lies many of our sovereigns and princes. In clouding the bones of two young boys aged between 8 and 12 . Are these the bones of the two princes that disappeared in 1483?
Starting out 10 day Wars of the roses tour tomorrow and met this guide right my the great hall of the bishop of Winchester’s Palace in Southwark .
A new exhibition at the National portrait gallery. The Six Lives of Henry VIII is a superb exhibition with some portraits I have not seen before it’s well with a look if you can . There are also costumes from Six the musical, BBC series of Henry VIII from the 1970’s Well done NPG
And just like that we have been touring for 15 years. It has been a fantastic journey through time meeting people from all over the world. I would like to thank all our guests and especially my wife Laura for all her work behind the scenes and making this memorable book of our achievements
Day 2 second stop was Knole place, a great palace shred Henry and Catherine of Aragon stayed and their daughter Mary also lived as a girl. It had the only medieval deer park in the country where the decendents of the herd that Henry hunted still roam around free
Day 2 of Henry VIII tour we visited Ightham mote, a Fully moated Manor House in Kent. It has a Tudor ceiling in the New Chapel Tudor roses and pomegranates intertwined. It was a beautiful day to wander around the gardens
Day 1 the Tower of London Henry VIII was responsible for putting the domes on the white tower. Of course the tower is famous for many things, the ex*****on of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. He mysteriously of the two princes and where Henry VI was found dead . So many stories and legends here including that of the ravens, if they ever left the tower the kingdom would fall
Day 1 Henry VIII deader of the realm tour
Eltham palace where Henry grew up with his mother, grandmother and two sisters. The great hall built by Edward IV has a magnificent hammer beam roof. It’s easy to see a young Henry skipping lessons to go fishing on the moat.
Baddesley Clinton one of the few fully moated Manor House’s in the country. It has two priest holes for hiding catholic priests. It also had a tapestry commemorating the grand progress of 1575
Day 5 Warwick we walked up the st Mary’s church tower 162 steps and were able to look down on the castle. Robert Dudley is buried here with his second wife. The lord Leyster hospital reopened after years of work is a home for retired soldiers endowed by Robert Dudley
Day 5 Warwick we climbed the church tower of st Mary’s church Robert Dudley is buried here with his second wife Lettice Knollys. Also in Warwick is the lord Leyster hospital endowed by Robert Dudley as a retirement home for the queens soldiers and is still used for the same purpose today. It’s been closed for 3 years undergoing renovation and adding disabled access. It’s really a splendid place to visit
Day 5 kenilworth castle the history of England on one place. So much history here from Henry III to Henry V Henry VI Robert Dudley entertained Elizabeth I here in 1575. The pace was blown up on the orders of OliverCromwell in the civil war Of the 1660,s only the gatehouse survives intact
Day 4 the Tudor age begins at the Battle of Bosworth. Richard III should have won the battle with his vastly superior numbers and Henry Tudor would have been a footnote on History. Instead Richard’s impetuous charge led to his downfall and imortality as the last Plantagenet king of England. The battlefield centre explores the battle and every year there is a battle re-enactment in August
Day 4 continues with a stop in Leicester to see the Richard III centre and Leicester cathedral. The the remains of the king under the car park was found in 2013 and he is now laid to rest in the cathedral not 80 yards from where he was found
Peterborough cathedral is a magnificent Norman gothic building. One of the very few abbeys that survived the Dissolution and turned into a cathedral. It is where Catherine of Aragon is laid to rest. I brought a porcelain pomegranate from the Alhambra place in Spain where she grew up and laid it on her grave.
Not exactly six wives but we stopped at the US airmans cemetery just outside Cambridge where the names of thousands of airmen with no known graves are carved in a long wall. Including the name of JFK’s older brother Joseph
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I brought a pomegranate from the Alhambra palace in Spain where Catherine of Aragon grew up
We are really pleased to announce we are about to start our Six Wives of one king tour . Just a little gentle introduction today in London
Day 7 st Mary’s church Warwick church tower climb only 167 steps but the view is terrific
